Garment hanger



May 20, 1924,

y 1,494,907 M- A. HEIMANN GARMENT HANGER Fi1d av 7. 192s Patented May 20, 1924.

MORRIS A. HEIMANN, ors'r.4 lLouis', iviissouiti. i l

GARMENT HANGER.

Application 'led May 7,

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MORRIS A. I-IEIMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention pertains to clothes-hangers, and more particularly to an improved form of garment hanger of the type having a support which is inserted into the inside of the garment and on which the shoulders of the garment rest.

In placing loose-neck or wide-neck gowns on this type of hanger, it often occurs, especially if the hanger becomes tilted to one side, that the garment slides along the support until the neck-band reaches one end thereof, whereupon the garment falls away from that end of the support, and the support becomes tilted in the opposite direction, with the result that the garment falls from the hanger entirely. The purpose of this invention is to provide means for curing this defect in the hanger. y

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe hanger with a section through the supporting hook on the line 1-1 of Figure 3;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 3; and

Figure 3 is an elevation of the complete hanger, with the outline o a garment shown in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, a curved rod 1, preferably wood, is provided in the middle with a wire supporting-hook 2. So far this constitutes a conventional type of hanger.

This invention resides in placing on the hanger an obstruction which will prevent the sliding of the garment along the length of the hanger. For vthis purpose a straight length of wire 3 isv bent one completeturn 4 in the middle and bent at -near each of its ends 6 to an acute angle 7, the end bends 5 being at right angles to the middle bend 4, and the end bent-portions 8 converging to- 1923. Serial No. 637,263.

ward one another. The ends 6 are flat-tened to a wedge shape, the edges 9 of both wedges lying in one'plane.

The wire obstruction thus formed is placed with its bend or loop 4 around the end 10 of the hook 2 and with its end portions 8 on top, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. It is then moved up the straight end portion 11 of the hook and around the curve 12 and then down the straight portion 13 as far as it will go, with the wedge edges 9 resting on the top of the curved rod 1. A sharp blow is then struck with a hammer against the bends 5 in the direction of the end portions 8, thereby driving the wedges 6 into the rod 1, and forming the complete hanger.

In use, the garment 14 is slipped over the hanger, the wire 3 projecting through the neck-opening 15 of the garment 14 and preventing the ,garment from sliding off the curved rod 1 by the contact of its obstructing end portions 8 with the garment neckband or neck-opening margin 16.

It is to be noted that with this construction there are no sharp points or projections to catch and tear the garment, and furthermore, the bracing effect due to the end portions 8 being parts of'one'unit and, also, being connected to the hook 2 results in greater rigidity and ruggedness of construction than if the end portions 8 were entirely separate units. l

Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit of all changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising a curved y rod having a supporting hook, and a garnient-retaining-member consisting of a relatively straight'bar having an eye through which the shank of the seid hook is adapted to extend, and having, also, end bent-por-v tions converging toward one another and anchored at their lower ends to the said curved rod, the said end bent-portions being adapted to project through the neck opening of a garment placed on the hanger and preventing the garment from sliding o the curved rod.

2. In a garment hanger, a member for 5 preventing a garment from sliding o the hanger, which member consists of a straight length of Wire bent one complete turn to provide a central eye for engagement over the hook of the henger and having end bent-portions converging toward one another and terminating in ends flattened to a wedge shape so as to be adapted to be forceably driven into the rod of the hanger. In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

f v MORRIS A. HEIMANN. 

